Top Gear Reviews Mercedes CLK Black [video]

MERCEDES-BENZ launched its ‘Black Series’ CLK63 AMG in the first quarter of 2008. More than half of these have been sold after dealers began taking orders mid-November.

To retail from $299,000 – around $100,000 more than the ‘regular’ CLK63 AMG – the even-more-ballistic Black version is based on the Formula One safety car and features a 373kW (up 19kW) version of the AMG 6.3-litre V8, which enables it to race from 0-100km/h in a claimed 4.3 seconds (0.3 seconds faster than the standard model). Top speed is a governed 300km/h (up 50km/h). Maximum torque remains at 630Nm.